The Tao Of Zac
Riding those four winners at Shatin at the last race meeting of the Hong Kong season and winning his fifth Hong Kong Jockey Championship...
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Jul 13, 20222 min read
Hong Kong racing and that win-win situation
Well, what’s there to say about the races on Sunday other than, We told you so. And we’ll get into more Told you so’s like sand in an...
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Jul 10, 20223 min read
Looking at where Hong Kong- and Hong Kong racing- might be heading...
On the one hand, it’s the tail end of this horse racing season, but far more important are the plans being put in place by everyone...
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Jul 6, 20222 min read
Tonight at Happy Valley: a real dog’s breakfast of racing...
Frankly, the one thing worth betting on in Hong Kong these days is new Chief Executive John Lee, who, just a couple of days into his new...
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Jul 5, 20223 min read
A win for Matthew Chadwick, Hong Kong racing- and Hong Kong.
It’s now pretty obvious even to those three blind mice that Matthew Chadwick will ride off with this racing season’s Tony Cruz Award...
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Jul 2, 20224 min read
Blake Shinn leaving and the twists and turns of the new Hong Kong taking shape...
This piece takes on different plot twists and turns like some Alfred Hitchcock or Twilight Zone movie script, but let’s start off with...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read
Whyte Magic and The Sunshine Kid
If there’s any doubt that like the city itself, Hong Kong racing is seeing a changing of the guard, this came screaming through when the...
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Jun 28, 20222 min read
Thanks to everyone in Hong Kong racing.
There was a snippet in the racing section of the South China Morning Post recently where Zac (Purton) showed what I believe to be genuine...
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Jun 27, 20225 min read
João Moreira: The human side to the Brazilian magic man...
The first time that we met, he was standing with wife Taciana in a corner of the venue Adrenaline and looking slightly uncomfortable....
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Jun 22, 20224 min read
Hong Kong racing’s Batman and Robin and the road ahead...
It’s quite extraordinary the long shadow that Douglas Whyte still casts over Hong Kong racing. To anyone trying to unseat him, well, that...
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Jun 21, 20225 min read
The Enigma And Success Story That Is Zac Purton.
Maturity and time always bring about a certain self-belief that everything is possible. It allows one to pick and choose what’s best for...
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Jun 19, 20222 min read
Shatin today: Will Size matter or will the Lor break out?
There’s the belief amongst some local racing fans and the new fangled, but steeped in old school conspiracy theories racing KOLs- online...
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Jun 13, 20225 min read
The changing face of Hong Kong, and with it, Hong Kong racing.
If the eleven races at Shatin on Sunday looked like a benefit meeting for Hong Kong-born riding and training talent, it was timely, and...
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May 29, 20223 min read
Hong Kong racing, sure. And its social responsibility?
Despite a few of those plodding races on the all-weather track that usually depend on pot luck, some of the races at Shatin this...
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May 22, 20222 min read
Despite The Magic Of Moreira, Blake Shinn Spanks Them!
There were some false starts before Blake Shinn finally arrived in Hong Kong for the 2019-20 season. He took a bit of time to understand...
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May 6, 20223 min read
The Continuing Adventures Of Luke “Skywalker” Currie in Hong Kong
There are a few things one can take away from the two wins of Luke Currie for Trainer John Size at Shatin on Wednesday. Frankly speaking,...
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May 2, 20223 min read
A Hong Kong racing story that takes so many twists and turns, we need to lie down...
There was a tenuous link with Hong Kong and Hong Kong racing at Morphetville on Saturday and the running and results of the Group 1...
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Apr 28, 20222 min read
Not one to lie low for too long...
To describe him as “The Quiet Achiever” wouldn’t do Lyle Hewitson justice. Not at all. At the past two race meetings, the young South...
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Apr 25, 20223 min read
About that Golden journey and lessons learned...
When the historians write The Big Book Of Hong Kong Horse Racing, Golden Sixty might finally receive the respect and adulation that this...
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Apr 17, 20226 min read
Hong Kong racing and the challenges it faces...
It’s not exactly a surprise, but as has been reported, Jockey Blake Shinn is returning home at the end of this Hong Kong racing season....
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